Jimmy Savile, a former BBC star, was posthumously revealed as one of the most notorious child sex offenders, having abused approximately 450 victims from 1955 to 2009.

Accusations have emerged that BBC leadership engaged in cover-ups to protect Savile, despite widespread knowledge of his predatory behavior.

The BBC's reputation has significantly deteriorated due to a series of child sex scandals spanning over fifty years.

Recently, Huw Edwards, a prominent BBC figure, has been implicated in a child sex scandal, prompting renewed calls for the defunding of the corporation.

Chris Denning, another former Radio 1 presenter, was sentenced to 13 years in 2014 for 40 sexual offenses against 26 male victims, the youngest being nine years old.

Denning received an additional 13-year sentence in 2016 for further offenses against boys as young as eight and died in prison in June 2022.

In 2014, children's entertainer Rolf Harris was sentenced to nearly six years for multiple counts of indecent assault against four girls, including one aged seven.

In 2013, former entertainer Stuart Hall was sentenced to 30 months for indecently assaulting a 13-year-old girl and another girl under 16.

In 2001, former BBC presenter Jonathan King was convicted of sexual offenses against five boys aged 14 and 15, resulting in a seven-year prison sentence.

Actor Chris Langham was jailed for ten months in 2007 for possessing child sexual abuse materials, including videos depicting extreme abuse of an eight-year-old girl.

Savile's crimes included serious allegations such as the sexual abuse of terminally ill children and necrophilia, with police documenting 199 crimes across 17 areas.